On July 4, 2024, a meeting of the Coordination Council for the Affirmation of Ukrainian National and Civic Identity was held under the chairmanship of O.A. Boyko, the deputy head of the Sumy Regional State Administration and chief of the Regional Military Administration. During the meeting, Sergiy Degtiarov, a Doctor of Historical Sciences and head of the Department of History at Sumy State University, was elected as the deputy chair of the Council. Participants discussed the regional program for national-patriotic education, its relevance in current conditions, the main aspects of developing patriotic education in educational institutions, and the future work vectors of the Council.
